30 and 32, Tavern Street is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1951. Timber-framed building.

30 and 32, Tavern Street

WRENN ID
half-rood-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 December 1951
Type
Timber-framed building
OS grid reference
TM 163 446
Coordinates
52.05759, 1.15487
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 30 and 32 Tavern Street is a 17th-century building that features a timber-framed and plastered structure with a jettied upper storey, which has been partially obscured by a 20th-century shop front. The building has three gables adorned with carved bargeboards and consists of two storeys plus attics. It has a three-window range with casement windows that include glazing bars. The attics are illuminated by windows in the gables, while the first storey features oriel bay windows. Inside, the original plaster ceilings are decorated with fleur-de-lis motifs. The roofs are tiled. Nos 30 to 44 (even) are part of a group of buildings.

Local climate

30 and 32, Tavern Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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